At Gundagai I had to cross under the Hume Motorway, the major link between Sydney and Melbourne. This felt like a rite of passage, a decisive move away from the East Coast. I stopped to photograph the motorway streaking over the Murrumbidgee plain, then decisively took to minor roads. I paused in Bethungra to admire the town and then spent nights 16&17 I spent beside Bethungra Dam. This was beautiful and windswept, and oh so windy. It was impossible to light my spirit stove. Cold food and no coffee didn't worry me as I felt oh-so-sleepy and was content to snooze in bed and pop up occasionally to admire the view. Was I infectious? I did have some symptoms, but I didn't have a temperature and couldn't buy a rat for love or money, so how would I know. I kept myself away from other people and moved through Temora to the small town of Barmedman. There was spacious camping beside a huge swimming pool, full of minerals. I spent nights 18,19, 20 &21 there, and began to feel better. Self-isolating was easy and quite pleasant. The minerals eased my aches and pains.
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